Cesar Alaniz
InvestorFounderCompliance, Risk, and Justice Engineering Director at Block Inc · Founder/CTO at Userfox
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedUserfox · YC
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About
Cesar Alaniz is head of Compliance Engineering and Technology at Block, overseeing teams working on compliance across the Square and Cash business units. He previously served as Director of Engineering at Weebly and founded Userfox, a Y Combinator S11 company.
Founder/CTO at UserfoxYC W11
Intro paths
YC
Cesar went through Y Combinator (Winter 2011) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Co-founders at Userfox
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Peter ClarkFounder
Experience
- BlockCompliance, Risk, and Justice Engineering Directorcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- BlockHead of Compliance Engineering and Technology2020 — 2025San Francisco, California, United States
- SquareInfrastructure Engineering Lead2018 — 2020San Francisco, CA
- WeeblyDirector of Engineering2017 — 2018San Francisco, CA
- UpGuard IncVP of Platform2014 — 2017Mountain View, CA
- AlanisoftPrincipal Consultant2013 — 2014
- userfoxCo-founder and CTO2011 — 2013San Francisco
Skills & more
CompensationExecutive TeamRegulatory ComplianceLeadershipStrategic InitiativesBusiness Intelligence (BI)AnalyticsData ScienceReliabilityCommunicationSoftware Engineering21JavaScript11
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Agile MethodologiesSoftware DevelopmentJavaHTMLXMLLinuxPerlSQLUnixMySQLCSSC++- Machine Learning Foundations: A Case Study Approach — Coursera Course Certificates
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Cesar Alaniz?
- Cesar Alaniz is head of Compliance Engineering and Technology at Block, overseeing teams working on compliance across the Square and Cash business units. He previously served as Director of Engineering at Weebly and founded Userfox, a Y Combinator S11 company.
- Where does Cesar Alaniz work?
- Cesar Alaniz is Founder/CTO of Userfox and Compliance, Risk, and Justice Engineering Director at Block Inc.
- What companies did Cesar Alaniz found?
- Cesar Alaniz founded Userfox.
- Where did Cesar Alaniz go to school?
- Cesar Alaniz studied at The University of Texas at El Paso (B.S., Computer Science); Texas A&M University.
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